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Translating department and technical requirements into architectural blueprints and documenting all solution architecture design and analysis are critical to ensure City IT products and solutions meet the needs of constituents and align to a strategy that will prepare the City for future success.\nDuties, Functions and Responsibilities:\nEssential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.\nDevelops the vision, strategy, conceptual and logical designs, roadmaps, and other architectural deliverables for the domain area (e.g., business, data, solutions, infrastructure, etc.)\nDefines the principles that guide technology decisions for the enterprise in their domain.\nDesigns the implementation of a technical architecture based on business requirements and IT strategies, as well as rectify gaps and pain points within the current state.\nWorks on high-level projects, ensuring processes align with the domain focused architectural strategy and business strategy\nGuides project team members in the implementation of the architecture\nServes as the deepest technology expert in their respective domains and as such, are involved in or lead technology strategy, migration, integration and evolution of the technical infrastructure\nCollaborates closely with other architects and engineers to ensure alignment of domain architectures and activities with the broader enterprise architecture and strategy\nLeads and contributes to the domain technical and business discussions relative to future architecture direction.\nAnalyzes the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.\nLeads the evaluation and selection of technology and products, as well as the design of standard configurations for given domain.\nLeads and facilitates the domain’s architecture governance process based on Enterprise Architecture’s governance structure.\nResponsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:\nMay provide leadership, work assignments, evaluation, training, and guidance to others.\nKnowledge, Skills, and Abilities:\nMust possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.\nKnowledge of leading architecture practices and critical architecture deliverables.\nKnowledge of system development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies (e.g., waterfall, spiral, agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental).\nKnowledge and/or experience participating in architecture governance forums.\nKnowledge and/or exposure to how information and technology has been applied to create value for an organization (regardless of industry). Preferably different types of technologies.\nKnowledge of domain specific processes, procedures, critical supporting activities, and risks.\nKnowledge of computer science, information technology standards and controls, and technology frameworks and trends.\nKnowledge of architecture methodologies (e.g., SABSA, Zachman, TOGAF) and modeling languages (such as UML and ArchiMate).\nKnowledge and experience designing conceptual and logical design and translating work between different levels of abstraction.\nKnowledge of various development languages (e.g., Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS).\nKnowledge of various database technologies (e.g., MySQL, MongoDB, Oracle).\nAbility to lead financial analysis, architecture evaluation, solutions delivery orchestration, project management, road mapping, risk management, interdependency management, agile methodologies, information security, cloud computing infrastructure, data architecture skills.\nAbility to apply multiple technical solutions to enable future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive targeted business outcomes.\nAbility to quickly comprehend the functions, capabilities and financial impact of existing, new and emerging technologies that enable and drive new business designs and models.\nAbility to work effectively in a team environment and lead cross-functional teams, with the proven ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders.\nAbility to work effectively with different types of scenarios and challenges and to adapt within a variety of changing situations, while working with individuals and groups.\nAbility to adjust approach based on internal and external dynamics, and an acute perception of the dimensions of business issues.\nAbility to synthesize facts, theories, trends, inferences and key issues and/or themes in complex and variable situations and to recognize abstract patterns and relationships among apparently unrelated entities and situations.\nAbility to leverage intellectual curiosity to inform solutions and innovate.\nAbility to take responsibility for personal growth and acquire strategies for gaining new knowledge, behaviors and skills.\nAbility to adhere to required compliance to all change management policies and procedures.\nAbility to adhere to required compliance to all information security policies and procedures.\nMinimum Qualifications:\nGraduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a field related to the job, plus four (4) years of experience in a related field.\nExperience may substitute for education for up to four (4) years.\nGraduation with a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field may substitute for two (2) years of experience.\nLicenses and Certifications Required:\nValid Texas Driver License depending on assignment.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n Current third level (expert) support and experience implementing, operating, managing, monitoring, documenting and troubleshooting complex networks: Switches (Layer 2 and Layer 3, preferably Cisco) \n Routers (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VXLAN, BGP EVPN) \n Firewalls (NGFW, preferably Palo Alto) \n Wireless networks (multi-campus, preferably Cisco) \n Network access controls: Radius/TACACS, MFA administration, and Cisco ISE. \n Load balancers (preferably A10) \n DNS (preferably Infoblox or BIND) \n\n Current intermediate or expert experience with automation of work processes and procedures using scripting languages. \n Knowledge of procedures related to regulatory controls, such as North American Electric Reliability (NERC) regulations, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), or others. \n Experience creating and maintaining network documentation. \n Experience communicating network infrastructure content to various stakeholders. \nPreferred Certifications \nCCNA, CCNP, PCNSE, PCNSA\nNotes to Candidate:\nAustin Energy is seeking a Network Engineer III (City Title: IT Infrastructure Architect) to join the IT Network LAN & Telecom team. The responsibilities of the position include expert operational, hands-on support of all aspects of the network infrastructure the team manages including the configuration, installation, maintenance, patching, troubleshooting, and decommissioning of next-generation firewalls, load balancers, routers, switches, wireless infrastructure, cloud networking, DNS, VPN’s, etc. \nDuties include contributing to designing, implementing, managing, and maintaining a highly complex, secure, and reliable network infrastructure, documenting and troubleshooting network components, and using experience to recommend new technologies and solutions. This position requires on-call rotation to support 24-hour utility operations and travel between local sites to survey in support of the integrated network solutions. \nThis position requires a criminal and NERC background investigation. \nThe primary duties of the position: \n Ensure compliance with all security policies, procedures, and standards to regulatory standards. \n Administer and build network security systems. \n Administer routing and switching, logging and security event analysis, and firewalls. \n Lead compliance duties such as security patch assessments, quarterly cyber access reviews, and verification of electronic access privileges. \n Administer modeling software and review business rules for access. \n Troubleshoot advanced systems/topologies/storage and support critical customers in a utility environment. \n Provide collaborative input to infrastructure planning and design. \n Provide leadership and guidance (mentoring) to junior team members using motivational and collaborative skills. \n Travel to multiple work locations and participate in an on-call rotation within the 24-hour utility operations. \nWork Location:\nSCC, 2500 Montopolis Drive, Austin, Texas 78741\nDays and Hours:\nMonday through Friday. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (40-hour work week).\nAdditional work hours may be required to support 24-hour Utility operations, including evenings, weekends, holidays, inclement weather, and emergency closures.\nThis position requires on-call assignments, which might result in a call back to work.\nInfrastructure team members are required to be onsite at a minimum of twice a week.\nPhysical Requirements :\nTasks may involve bending, lifting, walking, carrying, or using a force equal to or lifting fifty (50) pounds. The candidate must be physically and mentally able to communicate, respond, and work with participants’ needs and safety issues. The candidate must also be able to work outdoors in any weather and inclement conditions. \nWork Schedule:\nThis has been designated as a Critical Employee position. Critical Employees are considered necessary and vital and support activities that impact City or department operations. This work can be done while at a designated work site or while working at an alternate work location. Critical employees who are able to work at an alternative work location are required to do so. Schedules may be modified and employees may be reassigned to another arear during extraordinary situations or emergency conditions to provide essential services.\nSalary:\n$89,880.00 - $115,100.00 annually, depending on qualifications and experience.\nEmployment Application:\nThe City of Austin employment application is an official document; incomplete applications will not be considered. Please be sure to detail on the application all current and previous employment that you wish to be considered as part of your qualifications.\nThe Employment Record should be complete with job titles, employment dates, job duties, functions, and responsibilities for each position held. Starting salary will be based on overall relevant experience from your application.\nRésumés will not be accepted and statements such as “see résumé” will not be accepted. You may use “N/A” for fields that are not applicable.\nPlease note that Austin Energy may close the job posting at any time after 7 days from the date of the initial advertisement. Once the job posting has closed, applications cannot be changed.\nAssessments:\nYour skill level in some of the competency areas for this job may be assessed through skills testing.\nIf you are selected as a top candidate:\nVerification of your education (which may include high school graduation or GED, undergraduate and/or graduate degrees) will be required. 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